Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can relate about the eating part. Where are you, OP?

Thanks for the replies

I’m in the Caribbean

oh my in the Caribbean,
look out into the sea as far as you can see- and the shimmers and the sun
is it not peaceful?
I could stare at the water for hours and it calms me.
I am a very anxious person as well.

But are there people watching me watch the water?
Why did that person sit so close when there are a million chairs on the other side?
Why is that guy so loud on his cell phone
Am I gonna get bug bites?

Troll

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can relate about the eating part. Where are you, OP?

Thanks for the replies

I’m in the Caribbean

oh my in the Caribbean,
look out into the sea as far as you can see- and the shimmers and the sun
is it not peaceful?
I could stare at the water for hours and it calms me.
I am a very anxious person as well.

But are there people watching me watch the water?
Why did that person sit so close when there are a million chairs on the other side?
Why is that guy so loud on his cell phone
Am I gonna get bug bites?

Blank yourself out and just concentrate on the water , the expanse , the horizon and breathe in / out.
Dont sit anywhere at first just walk to the where the water meets the sand and let the water wash your feet while you look t the horizon.

Yes. My DH always says to me at some point on a trip "I don't know why you do this to yourself. We should just stay home." At a certain point, I might need to listen to him on that.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can relate about the eating part. Where are you, OP?

Thanks for the replies

I’m in the Caribbean

oh my in the Caribbean,
look out into the sea as far as you can see- and the shimmers and the sun
is it not peaceful?
I could stare at the water for hours and it calms me.
I am a very anxious person as well.

+1.

I hope your family is not there with you or you'll ruin it for them. I feel sorry for your kids in more way than one.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can relate about the eating part. Where are you, OP?

Thanks for the replies

I’m in the Caribbean

oh my in the Caribbean,
look out into the sea as far as you can see- and the shimmers and the sun
is it not peaceful?
I could stare at the water for hours and it calms me.
I am a very anxious person as well.

But are there people watching me watch the water?
Why did that person sit so close when there are a million chairs on the other side?
Why is that guy so loud on his cell phone
Am I gonna get bug bites?

Drugs, man. You don’t have to live this way.

Agoraphobia

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can relate about the eating part. Where are you, OP?

Thanks for the replies

I’m in the Caribbean

oh my in the Caribbean,
look out into the sea as far as you can see- and the shimmers and the sun
is it not peaceful?
I could stare at the water for hours and it calms me.
I am a very anxious person as well.

I have extreme anxiety and yup, I do everything you mentioned. My last vacation, I said f it and I promised myself not to complain and I did it! I realized how miserable it made me, my spouse and my kids. It did require a lot of planning ahead of time on my part though, so I did not have any surprises.

Anonymous wrote:I can relate about the eating part. Where are you, OP?

Thanks for the replies

I’m in the Caribbean

I can relate about the eating part. Where are you, OP?

No, sorry. I do have anxiety in daily life so I feel for you, but vacationing actually helps it for me. I do stress leading up to the trip.

Are you by the water?
Sit by it with a cup of coffee and just look into the sea-the horizons… blank out on everything else.

Just here to see if I’m the only one who has serious travel anxiety?

I haven’t traveled in almost 6 years due to health issues and then the pandemic. I am currently on vacation right now (that I tried to sabotage and cancel the day before I left) and am having so much anxiety about everything. I find it almost impossible to relax.

The anxiety is about everything, $ of everything, eating too much, eating unhealthy, anxiety about my anxiety, anxiety about not feeling relaxed enough. Honestly it feels like I have no idea how to go on a vacation.

Does anyone else experience this?